Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,696, John Foster, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Foster, John Sydney
R. 3696
CONTENTS

State of South Carolina the 30 th day of July Spartanburg District } 1846
Personally appeared before me Preston Bowden Judge of the Court of Ordinary the said Court being a court of Records now open and held Sydney Foster a resident of said Dist, who being first duly Sworn According to Law Oath on her Oath make the follow- ing Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June 1832 That she is the widow and one of the Heirs at Law at the said John Foster who was a Sergeant of Infan- try in the Virginia Line in the war of the Revolution and as such served the United States against the common Enemy I now ask for the pension that was due my husband from the time the act gave him one until his death She further states that the length of service and the time he went in service she is not able to give from recollection of time and loss of memory She further declares that she was married on the 8 th day of January Subscribed to the above said John Foster and that her husband the above said John Foster died on the tenth day of May Eighteen hundred and thirty seven and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the above said John Foster She further declares that she knows of no other Records of the Marriage Except the one herunto appended which she is satisfied is the old original family Records of her self and John Foster Children and that it is in handwriting of Andrew Grombley and that it has been written many years ago
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written
Sydney here Foster Maker
P. Bowden Judge of the Court of Ordinary

State of South Carolina Spartanburgh District
I R Bowden Ordinary for the District and State aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs Sydney Foster (widow) appellant in the within case and that she is a woman of good character and is entitled to full credit on her oath - given under my hand and private seal having no seal of office July 22 nd 1846
R Bowden O.S.D
The State of South Carolina Spartanburgh District
I J B Tollerow clerk of the court of said district certify that R Bowden whose name appears to the within Declaration & above certificate is Judge of the Ordinary Court for said District & the signature purporting to be his is genuine & that he is entitled to full credit in all his Official acts as such given under my hand and seal of office this 24 th day of July 1846.
J. B. Tollerow Clerk of the Court of Spartanburgh District

12.791.
Sydney Foster J. C.
Act 7 July '38
A. J. Hardin, Shelby, Me.

State of South Carolina this the 22 nd day of Spartanburgh Second } July AD-1846
Personally appear before me Beahm Bowden Judge of the Court Ordinary said Court being a Court of Records Sidney Foster a resident of South Carolina and Dist of Spartanburg aged 68 years who being first duly sworn according to Law Oath on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by Act Congress passed July the 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows that she is the widow of John Foster who was a sergeant of Infantry in the Virginia Line in the war of the Revolution and as such served the United States against the common enemy about did not draw a pension before his death however to his not making application she further declares that she was married to the said John Foster the 3 rd day of January 1893 and that the said John Foster died on the eleventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January January nineteen hundred and ninety four by at the time above stated. She further states that from the elapsed of time and the loss of memory the length of service and the officer named that he served under she is not able to give but she is satisfied that he did serve
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written
Sydney Foster mark
W. B. Bowden Judge of the Court of Ordinary

State of South Carolina Spartanburg District
I R Bowden Ordinary for the District and State aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs Sydney Foster (widow) the within applicant and that she is a woman of good character and is entitled to full credit on her bills given under my hand and provincial having no seal of Office July 22 nd 1846
R Bowden O.S.D
State of South Carolina Spartanburg District } I J B Tolleson Clerk of the Court of said district Certify that R Bowden whose name appears to the within Declaration and the above Certificate is Judge of the Ordinary Court for said district and that he is entitled to all due faith and credit in all his official acts as such and the signature purporting to be his is genuine Given under my hand and seal of Office this 24 th day of July 1846.
J. B. Tolleson Clerk of the Court of Spartanburg District

Marah Clements Pen of Betty
daughter of Mrs Foster An a who applied for a Pension under act 7 th Jan 1832 & died in Spoorland 5 E in May 1837—
Mr. C. D. Jones Pursuant

State of South Carolina }
Spartanburg District }
Personally appeared Isham Clement & his wife Maria Clement residents of the District and State of said and made oath in due form of law that the above named Maria Clement is the daughter of John Foster who was a Revolutionary Soldier of the United States and died in Spartanburg District S.C. on 11 th day of May 1837 who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension act and that they Isham Clement & his wife Maria Clement is directly interested as claimants in said Pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as may agent may use in prosecuting said claim according to and rebating all power of attorney and authority heretofore given are hereby constitute and appoint George C. Ames Esq. of Washington City our true and lawful attorney to prosecute the claim of John Foster whose wife was Sydney Foster who died in the State & District above named on 11 th day of December 1847 for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due and we hereby authorize said attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere and if there be found any thing due to prosecute the same before the Department having charge of the same
Witness our hands & seal this 12 day of March 1837 Attest J. J. Bullington
Col. R. Foster
Isham Clement Seal Maria Clement Seal
Signed sealed & acknowledged & sworn to before me the undersigned a magistrate in & for the District of Spartanburg this 12 day of March 1837
Elis Wallcut

State of South Carolina the 22 nd day of July 1846 Spartanburgh Dist. } Personally appeared before me Reuben Bowden John Foster and made Oath in due form of Law and saith as a oath that the above attached Record is the original family Record of John Foster and Sydney Foster his wife and that it is in the hand writing of Andrew Gramlin and that it has been written for upward of twenty five years and it has been in the possession of the said Sydney Foster since since the death of the said John Foster
Sworn to and subscribed on the the day and year above written
John Foster
R Bowden Off. Mag.
State of South Carolina Spartanburgh District
I R Bowden testimony for the District and State aforesaid Do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Foster the above deponent and that in my opinion he is entitled to full credit on his Oath
Given under my hand and present seal having no seal of Office July 22 nd 1846
R Bowden O.S.D.

State of South Carolina Spartanburg District
3 I J B Tolleson Clerk of the Court of said district certify that R Bowden whose name appears within is Judge of the Ordinary Court for said district and by virtue of his office is Magistrate Ex officio for said district and that he is entitled to all due faith and credit in all his official acts as such Given under my hand and seal of office This 24 th day of July 1866.
J B Tolleson Clerk of the Court of Spartanburg District

BIRTHS.
Rebecca Foster Daughter of John and Sydney Foster was born the year of our Lord 1794 and 18 th of October
Mary Foster daughter of John and Sydney was born in the year of our Lord 1796 and 23 rd December
Enoch George Foster son of John & Sydney Foster was born Anno Dom 1799 and the 24 th of March
Mahalia Foster Daughter of John & Sydney Foster was born Anno Dom 1801 and 28 th of April
Thirzy Foster Daughter of John & Sydney Foster was born Anno Dom 1803 and the 8 th day of July
Mariah Foster Daughter of John and Sydney Foster was born Anno Dom 1805 and 28 th of December
John Foster son of John & Sydney Foster was born Anno Dom 1808 and the 20 th of December
Maiden Foster Daughter of John and Sydney Foster was born in the year of our Lord 1811 and the 19 th day of June

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section EFL
December 14, 1929
Mrs. H.L. Shaner 1629 East 8th Street Pueblo, Colorado
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 3696, it appears that John Foster, of Amelia County, Virginia, married January 2, 1798, Sydney, her maiden name not given. He died May 11, 1837, in Spartanburg District, South Carolina.
His widow, Sydney Foster, while a resident of Spartanburg District, South Carolina, aged sixty-nine years, applied for pension July 22, 1846, on account of the services of her husband, John Foster, and stated that he served as sergeant of infantry in the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of the identity of her husband as the soldier who rendered the alleged service.
She died December 11, 1847, in Spartanburg District, South Carolina.
They had the following children:
Rebecca born October 18, 1794. Mary " December 22, 1796. Enoch George " March 24, 1799. Mahaly " April 28(?) 1801. Thirsey " July 1, 1803. Mariah " December 28, 1805. John " December 20, 1808. Maiden " June 19, 1811.

In 1852, Enoch George Foster was a resident of Henderson County, North Carolina, and in 1857, a daughter Maria and her husband, Isham Clement, were residents of Spartanburg District, South Carolina.
The above is the history of the only soldier named John Foster of Amelia County, Virginia, who died in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, and said records fail to afford any information in regard to Thomas Adam Grambling or to Thomas Grambling or Adam Grambling.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

Colorado.
8/19/29
From Mrs H. L. Shaner 1629 East 8th St Pueblo, Colorado.
Mr Earl D. S. Com of Po Washington
Dear Sir:
Do you have any information paid to John Foster or John John Brambling of Spartansburg S.C. after the Revolution. I have an idea John Foster was born around 1750 in Amelia Va and died about 1817 in Spartansburg S.C. I am not sure he enlisted in Spartansburg - His wife's name was Mary but do not know her surname. Adams Brambling would of enlisted from Spartansburg also but he was only 16 years old and served as a courier boy for Washington also with Gen John Stark and recieved some kind of medal for gallant service. His birth date would be about 1760 and died in Spartansburg in 1860 something do not know exactly. This is only guess work so it may be all wrong but will appreciate any information you may be able to give me - Thanks
Mrs H. L. Shaner.

Pueblo, Colorado. Oct 28, 1929
Mr Earl D. Church Com of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
Do you have any record of pensions paid to John Foster or to Adam Brumbling of Spartanburg S.C. after the Revolution.
I have an idea John Foster was born around 1750 in Amelia Va and died about 1817 in Spartanburg S.C. I am not sure he enlisted in Spartanburg - His wife's name was Mary but do not know her surname.
Adam Brumbling would of enlisted from Spartanburg also but he was only 16 years old and served as a courier boy for Washington also with Gen John Stark and recieved some kind of medal for gallant service. His birth date would be about 1760 and died in Spartanburg in 1860 something do not know exactly. This is only guess work so it may be all wrong but will appreciate any information you may be able to give me. Thanks
Mrs H. L. Shaner.

3696
REJECTED
P. O.
Sydney Foster
Service: widow of John
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
1929. Dec 14 - Dist. To Mrs. H. L. Shaner. Eled

This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 20 th day of June 1783 , in the name of John Foster as Sergt. of Infantry for £ 81. 1. 3 , which Certificate appears to have been delivered to himself and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782.
p 11.2. { No Seal of Office. }
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 12 th day of May 184 6.
J. E. Heath
AUDITOR.

This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 19 th day of November 1783 , in the name of John Foster as Sergt. of Cavalry for £ 94.17.9 , which Certificate appears to have been delivered to himself and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782.
p 145 { No Seal of Office. }
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 12 th day of May 184 6 .
Isaac Heath
AUDITOR.

12.791.
Sydney Foster
S. C. wid of John
let to A. J. Hardin, Sept. 9, 1840.
3696
7 th July 1838 - act.

Pension Office, Sept. 8, 1846.
140
Sir,
The declaration and accompanying testimony in the case of W m Sydney Foster have been examined and filed.
The evidence offered as to the date of the marriage, though strongly presumptive, is not conclusive - it appearing simply from the family register, which is admitted to be authentic, that the oldest child of the deceased soldier and his widow, the present applicant, was born 9 months and 18 days after the period to which the provisions of the act of 1838 are lim restricted. Hence, upon this point, it will be necessary that some additional testimony - such as the attestation of respectable neighbors - shall be adduced.
In relation to the service credited to the name of John Foster in the certificates of the Auditor of Virginia, it is clearly apparent that at least two persons bearing the same name - one a Sergeant of Cavalry, the other of

Virginia infantry were in the Continental service. It will, therefore - more especially as the case is a very common one - devolve upon the applicant to show by the testimony of persons who were in the service with her husband that her husband was the person referred to in one or the other of the Auditor's certificates.
In the case of Susan Alexander the evidence as to the date of the marriage is deemed satisfactory, but before the claim for dependency can be allowed, the service - or at least six months of it - credited in the certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut to a soldier named John Alexander, must be satisfactorily established to have been rendered by claimant's husband. This can best be done by the testimony of comrades who served with him, who will be able to detail specifically the service which he performed. by him .
The remarks in the case last preceding, so far as the service claimed is concerned, are equally applicable to the claims case of Elizabeth Ferrell. As to the date of the marriage in this case the evidence is not at all so

A. J. Harding
Sept. 8, 40
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in fact - no record evidence being adduced, nor  other testimony to show that such does not exist, followed by parole testimony of a character to confirm the allegation made upon that point, points all of which are required by  as regulations to be observed These requirements of our regulations are invariably insisted upon, and in no instance can a claim be allowed until they are complied with.
With regard to the claim of Nancy Gray all of the objections suggested in the foregoing cases exist - no evidence being adduced identifying the claimant's husband with the alleged service, or sustaining the allegation as to the date of the marriage.
To avoid unnecessary detail in this letter, and for your guidance in all cases of this character entrusted to your care in future, I enclose you the regulations prescribed by this Department for properly setting up claims under the acts of 4 th July, 1836 and 7 th July, 1838. The requirements therein laid down have invariably to be literally complied with before a claim can possibly be allowed.
A. J. Hardin, Esq. Shelby, N.C.

State of South Carolina Spartanburg Co } Personally appeared before me H. Hickey and of the acting Magistrate in and for the said and did of the said James Seay after being duly sworn according to Law oath on his oath make. The following affidavit and suit on his oath that he knew the said John Foster in the State of Virginia in Augusta County and that him and the said John Foster did drive together one time in the State of Virginia and probably more but he is not able to say how long he did drive by. He is certain that he drove one time Sworn to and subscribed before me Dec. 29 th 1845
James Seay
H. Hickey Mag.
State of South Carolina Spartanburg Co.
I hereby certify that James Seay the deponent in this case is in truth to full credit on his oath and that he is now drawing a Pension for services ren- -dered in the Revolutionary War -
Given under my hand Dec. 29 th 1845
H. Hickey Mag.

State of South Carolina Spartanburg District I do hereby certify that the person whose name appears to the within affidavit is an acting Magistrate for said district and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine and that he is entitled to all due faith and credit in all his official acts as such. Given under my hand and seal of office this 24 th day of July 1846
J. B. Tolleson Clerk of the Court of Spartanburg District

Power of Attorney Enoch L. Foster
To
Michael Thompson
Sydney Foster widow of John. S C
Act 7 July 1838.
Please allow
H. L. Brackett Esq. to attend to this case. For charge
M. Thompson Att y
Feb 20 - 52

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Enoch G Foster Execution of the last Will & Testament of John Foster deceased. hereby constitute and appoint Michael Thompson my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of John Foster deceased for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby author- ize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Depart- ments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Cer- tificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to Michael Thompson to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and Seal this 22 nd day January A. D., 185 2 .
Signed and Sealed in the presence of } E. G. Foster Alexander A. Powell
STATE OF South Carolina Spartanburg district } ss:
On this 22 nd  Notary public day of January A. D. 185 2 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace  District in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Enoch G Foster and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Danner } J. Peaco. Notary Public

Claim of John Foster Act of
STATE OF South Carolina ss. Greenville district
Be it known, That on this 22 nd day of January A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty two , before the undersigned, a Notary Public Justice of the Peace in and for the Greenville District and State aforesaid, personally appeared E. G. Foster a resident of Henderson County, North Carolina , and made oath according to law that he is the son of John Foster deceased
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner Soldier and whose declaration for pension is now on file in the Pension department at the rate of Dollars per annum; that has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. J. Peace.
E. G. Foster
I, Joseph Powell  Notary Public Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Ebenezer Foster (Executor) Greenville South Carolina who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Joseph Powell Notary Public South Carolina Greenville district
I, O. Cooke Clerk of the Greenville Court in the Greenville District and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Joseph Powell before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this 22 nd day of
January A. D. 185 2 . O. Cooke
Clerk.

STATE OF COUNTY OF
} ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me
that States at the rate of $ day of leaving surviving
was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United per annum and that died on the eighteen hundred and
and that
the only surviving child
of the aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this one thousand eight hundred and fifty. day of